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Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances
CHARTER AND CODE OF ORDINANCES LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT
SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
LEXINGTON-FAYETTE - URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CHARTER
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION1
Chapter 2A - AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT1
Chapter 2B - CODE ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING BOARDS
Chapter 3 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES1
Chapter 4 - ANIMALS AND FOWL1
Chapter 5 - BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS1
Chapter 5A - CIVIL DEFENSE: CIVIL EMERGENCIES
Chapter 6 - EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONS1
Chapter 7 - FINANCE AND TAXATION1
Chapter 8 - MINING AND/OR QUARRYING1
Chapter 9 - FIRE PREVENTION1
Chapter 9A - FIREWORKS
Chapter 10 - FOOD AND DRUGS1
Chapter 11 - HEALTH AND SANITATION1
Chapter 12 - HOUSING1
Chapter 13 - LICENSES AND REGULATIONS1
Chapter 13A - MINIMUM WAGE
Chapter 14 - OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS1
Chapter 15 - PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS1
Chapter 16 - SEWAGE, GARBAGE, REFUSE AND WEEDS1
Chapter 16A - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS1
Chapter 17 - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS1
Chapter 17A - SUBDIVISIONS1
Chapter 17B - STREET TREES1
Chapter 17C - PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Chapter 17D - DOCKLESS VEHICLES
Chapter 18 - TRAFFIC1
Chapter 18B - SNOW EMERGENCIES1
Chapter 18C - EMERGENCY AMBULANCE, TRANSPORTATION AMBULANCE LICENSING, REGULATIONS1
Chapter 19 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Chapter 20 - ZONING1
Chapter 21 - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM1
Chapter 22 - UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE1
Chapter 23 - DIVISIONS OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND POLICE1
Chapter 24 - DETENTION CENTER1
Chapter 25 - ETHICS ACT
Chapter 26 - RURAL LAND MANAGEMENT
APPENDIX A RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL1
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE - ORDINANCES
STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Zoning Code
Sec. 5-29. - Fee schedule.
No building, moving or wrecking permit, or certificate, letter, or other documentation required by this section shall be issued until there has been paid through the director, division of building inspection, a fee for the same computed according to the following schedule:
(1)   For the construction of residential buildings, including additions, the director of building inspection shall receive a fee of ten cents ($0.10) per square foot of the project with a minimum fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(2)   For the construction of commercial and other non-residential structures, the director, division of building inspection shall receive the following fees based on intended use, and in no event shall the fee be less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
a.   $0.09 per square foot for restaurant use.
b.   $0.09 per square foot for educational use.
c.   $0.068 per square foot for hotel and motel use.
d.   $0.062 per square foot for office use.
e.   $0.042 per square foot for retail sales use.
f.   $0.042 per square foot for canopies.
g.   $0.028 per square foot for warehouse use.
h.   $0.042 per square foot for all other non-residential uses.
(3)   For residential remodeling, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of ten cents ($0.10) per square foot of the project with a minimum fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). For commercial remodeling, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of ten cents ($0.10) per square foot of the project with a minimum fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(4)   For the construction of residential accessory buildings, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of ten cents ($0.10) per square foot of the project with a minimum fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(5)   For the erection of residential swimming pools, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). For the erection of commercial swimming pools, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(6)   For the issuance of wrecking permits, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of two-tenths (00.2) of one (1) percent of assessed valuation; but in no event shall the fee be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(7)   For the issuance of house moving permits, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of two-tenths (00.2) of one (1) percent of assessed valuation; but in no event shall the fee be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(8)   For the construction or erection of elevators, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of two-tenths (00.2) of one (1) percent of the contract price; but in no event shall the fee be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(9)   For the construction of liquid storage tanks, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of twenty cents ($0.20) per hundred gallons; but in no event shall the fee be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(10)   For signs and billboards, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of fifty cents ($0.50) per square foot, but in no event shall the fee be less than fifty dollars ($50.00);
(11)   For residential curb cuts, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of ten dollars ($10.00); for commercial curb cuts, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). For the initial construction and surfacing of residential driveways or parking areas, the director, division of building inspection shall receive a fee of one (1) percent of the cost price, with the cost to be based on sixty cents ($0.60) per square foot, but in no event shall the fee be less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). For the initial construction and surfacing of commercial driveways or parking areas, the director, division of building inspection shall receive a fee of one (1) percent of the cost price, with the cost to be based on sixty cents ($0.60) per square foot, but in no event shall the fee be less than fifty dollars ($50.00). No permit shall be required for the resurfacing of existing driveways or parking areas;
(12)   For the erection of a residential fence, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). For the erection of a commercial fence, the director, division of building inspection shall receive a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(13)   For commercial fit-ups, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(14)   For the erection of towers, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00);
(15)   For the erection of co-locates, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(16)   For the placement of a manufactured home other than those located in an M-1P zone or other existing mobile home parks, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(17)   For the certificate of occupancy, which shall only be required in instances in which a building permit was not previously required, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(18)   For the home office certificate, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of ten dollars ($10.00);
(19)   For the zoning and use verification letter, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(20)   For the review of fire detection systems, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee as follows: For systems up to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00); over twenty thousand (20,000) square feet two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) plus thirty dollars ($30.00) for each additional ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(21)   For the review of fire suppression systems, the director, division of building inspection, shall receive a fee according to the following schedule:
Sprinkler Systems
4—25
$150.00
26—100
200.00
101—200
250.00
201—300
275.00
301—400
325.00
401—750
375.00
Over 750
375.00 plus 30 cents per sprinkler
All other suppression systems
275.00
(Ord. No. 5444, § 1, 2-3-66; Ord. No. 149-70, § 2, 7-9-70; Ord. No. 176-70, § 1, 7-30-70; Ord. No. 278-78, § 1, 11-16-78; Ord. No. 66-86, § 1, 5-1-86; Ord. No. 242-88, § 1, 10-20-88; Ord. No. 104-95, § 1, 5-18-95; Ord. No. 58-2000, § 1, 3-9-00; Ord. No. 53-2004, § 1, 3-18-04; Ord. No. 213-2009, § 1, 10-1-09; Ord. No. 40-2019 , §§ 1—5, 6-20-19; Ord. No. 44-2019 , § 1, 7-2-19; Ord. No. 051-2021 , §§ 1, 2, 6-24-21)